Wish Granter Types

[skjam]

Hi ho, folks! Another of my list-type essays, this time on the types of wish granters featured in stories. As usual, many of these categories overlap or become a bit fuzzy in many stories

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If Only,

[sjamison]

How would you categorize wishes granted in your imagination? Maybe this doesn't address the issue of the wish granter, rather the wish. In Rubber-Dubbers, the character say "If only [wish goes here]" and then they are magically transported into an imaginary situation where they will learn a lesson about their wish. As soon as they pop into the new situation, they exclaim "Hey, I said 'if only' and here I am [fill in the wish]."

Re: If Only,

[skjam]

Seems like a cross between "Fake" and "Time Limit", with the time limit being the end of the illusion.